All I needed was a small grow tent for clones. I wanted to put it under a staircase in my basement, so it needed to be short.
If you're also looking for a tent for a small indoor grow setup, you'll know exactly what I found.
Not much.
There are shockingly few options when it comes to micro grow tents and finding them takes forever, because online stores don't let you sort by size.
I spent almost a week researching to come up with a list of the smallest tents on the market. I whittled the list down to the 6 best.
Some of these tents are on this list because they are short. Others are taller, but take up little floor space. The short ones are especially well suited as clone grow tents. The taller ones are perfect single plant grow tents.
LED Lighting is also a real challenge for small tents as most lights are at least 4 ft long so there are only a handful of lights that we will be recommending below.
This is the smallest tent on this list and also the shortest at under 3 feet. The next shortest tent is exactly 3 feet (next one on the list below). The low ceiling height makes it perfect for seedlings and clones. Also good to know - we sell more of these tents than all the others on this page combined
It has just enough space for propagation and cloning trays and grow lights. The best lights for the Mini Clone Box are LED bars or Fluorescent lights. In a tent this short, a metal halide would get way too hot and would burn the plants.
This small One Deal grow tent is affordable and designed using the best features from the top brands on the market. Things like special stitching to make it lightproof, sealable windows that keep out light and bugs, reinforced corners for more durability and numerous intakes and outlets for cables and ducting have all been incorporated. In short (pun intended!), this is the best option on the market for a clone tent.
This tent sits pretty much in the middle in terms of dimensions, which makes it a great all-around small indoor grow tent. You can use it to grow a plant or two or as a specialized grow room.
A heavy duty 600D exterior and a 98% reflective Mylar-lined interior combine with a sturdy, tubular metal frame to ensure your plants stay safely protected from the environment. It comes with a waterproof floor tray and two heavy-duty support bars with robust metal rings to hang your lights and other equipment.
The Vivosun tent has three 5" ports at the top for ventilation and two rectangular ones at the bottom for electrical ducting, plus two 4" ports and a 12" by 12" mesh window. Everything is sealed with durable reinforced zippers.
Due to its shorter height, a smaller LED fixture would be ideal (around 200 watts). . We don't sell this tent on Grow Light Central, but you can find it on Amazon.
Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with growing plants indoors safely and securely. This high-quality grow tent is designed to grow plants indoors by providing complete control over climate conditions.
Featuring a quick-view observation window, this grow tent uses a waterproof oxford canvas with a 2000D thickness for higher durability and light-proofing.
Place it in any room in your home such as your closet, basement, guest room, or garage. Opening the air venting screen or pairing the floor duct port with an intake fan will allow fresh air to enter the grow tent.
It has just enough space for propagation and cloning trays and grow lights.
Featuring a quick-view observation window, this grow tent uses a waterproof oxford canvas with a 2000D thickness for higher durability and light-proofing.
Cross-patterned diamond mylar lines the surface of the inner walls, which will reflect and maximize output from your grow light. To ensure maximum reflectivity and prevent light leaking, an inner ribbon stitching creates a seal that lines the zippers inside the grow tent.
The CLOUDLAB series enables you to grow your desired plant year-round and is specially made for gardening indoors. Place it in any room in your home such as your closet, basement, guest room, or garage.
It has just enough space for propagation and cloning trays and grow lights.
The Hydro Shoot 60 measures 2 feet by 2 feet and is 5 feet 3 inches tall. It is the tallest of the small tents so you would need remove the shelves from most closets to make this one work. That said, it's easily the highest quality tent on this list. Secret Jardin is one of the top grow tent manufacturers and they are known for high quality (and expensive) tents. The Hydro Shoot line is their collection of entry level tents.
This means you can get Secret Jardin's high quality at an entry-level price. The reason Hydro Shoot tents cost less is that Secret Jardin sacrificed features that most home growers don't need. These include heavy duty fabric, a large number of intakes and outlets, several windows and heavy duty hanging bars for heavy lighting.
The quality is still high, though. They use a robust 210D canvas fabric and a 95% reflective Mylar on the inside. The poles are all 0.63" thick Q195 galvanized steel. The Hydro Shoot 60 has one 12 by 8 inch mesh window (with a removable cover) and two 6" vents for intake and extraction. Hanging equipment for filters and lights is included, as is a removable waterproof tray.
Recommended lighting for the HS60 is a 100 to 150 watt LED light. The Optic 1 XL is a great choice. Quality-wise, this is the best tent on this list by far and the one we recommend, unless you are just cloning or seeding (the previous two tents are best for that). There are definitely cheaper tents, but the price difference is not that great and with the Hydro Shoot 60, you get much more value for your money.
This tent is another good single-plant grow room. It takes up the same floor space as the Secret Jardin one, but is 8 inches shorter, in case you don't quite have the ceiling space.
Quality-wise, it's definitely not on par with the Secret Jardin, but that is reflected in the lower price. That said, considering the price, it is still surprisingly well-made, with heavy duty 600D lightproof and tear-proof material on the outside and an inside lined with 99% highly reflective Mylar.
This CoolGrows tent has four 7 inch ports for ventilation (2 at the top and 2 at the bottom), a larger 9 inch port in the ceiling and two 3 inch ports (1 at the top and 1 at the bottom) for tubing and electrical access.
It also has 3 rectangular vents (2 at 9.5" x 4.5" and 1 at 13" x 5") and a 14" by 16" viewing window.
The frame features strong metal bars and easy-click metal connectors. It easily supports an LED grow light or a fluorescent fixture.
It ships discreetly and comes with a 1-year warranty. We don't sell this tent on Grow Light Central, but you can get it on Amazon. Just click on 'Get More Info' below to check it out.
The best clone light for a 2' x 2' tent is the TLED 26w veg/clone as is is just under 2' in length. Fluorescents like these are also great options for cloning 125 Watt CFL Bulb, 200 Watt CFL Bulb 6400K Cool White.
The Optic 1 XL is classic COB (Chip on Board) Led light which has been a very popular light for our customers for more than 2 years. It's small so it can fit anywhere but packs in 100 watts at under $200. If you're growing 1 plant to maturity then 1 of these lights will work very well
It wasn't easy to find the best small grow tents on the market. Online stores don't offer a way to sort their products by size, so I ended up creating a spreadsheet of almost a hundred small horticultural tents along with their dimension and then sorting that list by size.
It took about a week, but it resulted in a list of all the smallest tents available. Then it was just a matter of choosing the best, which was actually quite easy. Most tents simply aren't very good.
In the end, I went with the One Deal tent for my clones, but that doesn't mean it's the best of the six listed here. It was just the best for my needs. Hopefully this list helps you find the perfect tiny tent for your plants as well.
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